Notice2024-29319
Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
December 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC, a producer and exporter of certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100971-100972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29319]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-523-816]
Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to Oman
Aluminium Rolling Company SPC, a producer and exporter of certain
aluminum foil (aluminum foil) from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman). The
period of review (POR) is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 12, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the countervailing duty (CVD) order on aluminum foil from Oman.\1\ On
December 29, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
initiation of the administrative review of the Order for the period
January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, covering Oman Aluminium Rolling
Company SPC.\2\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman and the
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 62782
(November 12, 2021) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 90168, 90172 (December 29, 2023).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
On June 26, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for issuance of
the preliminary results of this review until November 26, 2024.\3\ On
July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative
proceeding by seven days.\4\ On November 21, 2024, Commerce extended
the deadline for issuance of the preliminary results until December 6,
2024.\5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2022,'' dated
June 26, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,
2022,'' dated November 21, 2024.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is included in the appendix to this notice. For a complete description
of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2022:
Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this Order is certain aluminum foil. For a
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we
preliminarily determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution by an ``authority'' that confers a benefit to the
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\7\ For a full description
of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the net
countervailable subsidy rate for the period January 1, 2022, through
December 31, 2022 to be:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\8\ Commerce preliminarily determines that Oman Aluminium
Rolling Company SPC is cross-owned with Sohar Paper Cores LLC,
Takamul Investment Company LLC, and OQ SAOC.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company SPC \8\................. 1.36
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days of any
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five
days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties may submit case briefs or other written comments
to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\9\ A
timeline for the submission of case briefs and written comments will be
established at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the
deadline date for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\11\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 for
general filing requirements.
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we
[[Page 100972]]
instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of
their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\12\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Assessment Rate
Upon completion of this administrative review, consistent with
section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce
intends, upon publication of the final results, to instruct CBP to
collect cash deposits of the estimated countervailing duties in the
amounts calculated in the final results of this review for the company
listed above with regard to shipments of subject merchandise entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this review. For all non-reviewed
firms, CBP will continue to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the all-others rate. These cash deposit
instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, which will include the
results of Commerce's analysis of the issues raised in the case briefs,
within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the
Federal Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 6, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-29319 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
</pre></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on December 13, 2024.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.